Stars: CHL/Juniors Notebook

By Keith Riskey

January 9th, 2001

Notebook — 1/8/2001

Ott has blast in World Juniors

Canadian sparkplug Steve Ott has returned home from his bronze-winning World Juniors team and named an official CHL all-star representative. He will play for the OHL side in the WHL-OHL all-star clash on January 24th.

Steve has thoroughly enjoyed his tour of duty for the Canadian World Juniors team — grinning from ear-to-ear all the while, poking fun at the Russian announcers who couldn’t pronounce his name, high-fiving players on the bench, playing his high octane, smack-talking best, and just having a rip-roaring great time.

For the tournament’s 7 games, Ott compiled 3 points (2 g, 1 a), 26 penalty minute (team leading), and earned Canada-wide recognition for his performance in a Canadian victory over the U.S.

Allegedly, Ott skated up to touted U.S. goalie Rick DiPietro before the match-up and with Messier-eque confidence “guaranteed” that he would score a goal that very game. Naturally, Ott scored during that very game — erasing the U.S.’s 1-0 lead in the 1st period. Canada went on to win 2-1.

(source: Toronto Sun, Terry Koshan)

London Knights Trade Rumors

According to London Free Press writer Morris Dallas Costa, defenseman/captain Dan Jancevski is the subject of trade rumors in London.

Apparently, London (in a very tough, competitive conference) stands very little chance of an extended playoff run this year. Conventional wisdom suggests that trading Jancevski to a contender for future help may best serve the Knights long-term interests.